Mehrgarh

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Chalcolithic settlement Neolithic settlement archaeological site

Mehrgarh is one of the earliest known Neolithic settlements in South Asia, located in present-day Pakistan, and is considered a key precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chalcolithic settlement ⓘ
Neolithic settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Indus Valley Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culture Chalcolithic ⓘ
Neolithic ⓘ
discoveredBy French Archaeological Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-François Jarrige NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestOccupation c. 7000 BCE ⓘ
evidenceOf barley cultivation ⓘ
bead making ⓘ
cattle domestication ⓘ
cotton use ⓘ
goat domestication ⓘ
lapis lazuli trade ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
sheep domestication ⓘ
terracotta figurines ⓘ
wheat cultivation ⓘ
excavatedBy Catherine Jarrige NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Archaeological Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-François Jarrige NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStart 1974 ⓘ
hasMaterial mud brick ⓘ
terracotta ⓘ
unbaked brick ⓘ
hasPhase Mehrgarh Period I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period V NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mehrgarh Period VII NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor burial practices with grave goods ⓘ
early animal domestication ⓘ
early dentistry ⓘ
early farming ⓘ
early pottery ⓘ
mud-brick architecture ⓘ
latestOccupation c. 2600 BCE ⓘ
locatedIn Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kachi Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Bolan Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bolan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Pre-Harappan ⓘ
region Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key site for understanding the origins of the Indus Valley Civilization ⓘ
one of the earliest farming settlements in South Asia ⓘ
timePeriod Neolithic to Chalcolithic ⓘ

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Amri → comparedWith → Mehrgarh ⓘ
Early Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization → hasImportantSite → Mehrgarh ⓘ